Traditional art and sketching

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3D digital art

Covering a wide variety of software and approaches, our books, magazines, and eBooks are there to offer you the support and motivation you need. Whether you want to sculpt a monster in ZBrush or create a stylized character in 3ds Max, take a look at our range to start your next project!

Cedric Seaut's Character Modeling (Download Only)

The aim of this eBook is to provide both an efficient and methodical approach to creating characters that can encompass both organic and mechanical components and equip artists with the knowledge to learn techniques used by industry professionals. The series provides an in depth account of creating a character from the concept and base mesh stages through to the final detailing and high poly sculpt.

INTRODUCTION

The aim of this eBook is to provide both an efficient and methodical approach to creating characters that can encompass both organic and mechanical components and equip artists with the knowledge to learn techniques used by industry professionals. The series provides an in depth account of creating a character from the concept and base mesh stages through to the final detailing and high poly sculpt. It will as its subject adopt the theme of an alien humanoid in battle dress, partly clad in armor and carrying weapons. Each of the chapters will address a certain aspect of the design and show a step by step guide covering the principal techniques and methods used to sculpt the numerous components including the chest and body armor, anatomical detail, footwear and clothing along with various accessories and weaponry. Much of the high poly sculpting and anatomical refinement takes place in Zbrush, discussing the appropriate brushes and tools used but the author will also integrate 3dsMax into the pipeline as a way of preparing some of the base meshes and mechanical components. Although 3dsMax is used in conjunction with Zbrush the modeling techniques are equally applicable to most other 3d packages with the principal lessons proving universal.

nice way to kick start my knowledge of Zbrush Review by Gantz(Posted on 08/09/2016)

Great tutorial!

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It goes through the basics to a detailed level of work.

It's 204 pages long, so there's a lot to learn.

It could've been published as a book, in which case I would've given it 5 stars. Review by Oliver(Posted on 06/05/2015)

Great tutorial!

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It goes through the basics up to a detailed level of work.

It's 204 pages long, so there's a lot of info to learn.

It could've been published as a book, in which case I would've given it 5 stars. Review by Kash(Posted on 06/05/2015)

Great Tutorial

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Great product, covers many techniques of modeling and 3D sculpture using an educational and easy way for even beginners!Review by Nicolas Ferreira da Silva(Posted on 04/08/2014)

Great workflow

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A very clear explanation of the high poly character sculpting wokflow in 3ds max and Zbrush for intermediate users - full of useful tips and tricks.for a very good price.

Previous knowledge of 3ds max and Zbrush is necessary as it doesn't go into every detail however as someone with relatively basic experience I found it easy to follow along - if not a quick youtube search will help you when you're stuck!Review by Santiago(Posted on 29/08/2013)

highly recommended...

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... to complete your ZBrush knowledge. You can't go wrong with this one!Review by Wolfgang(Posted on 03/07/2013)

Very good

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It was great to see Cedric's workflow. As an experienced Zbrush user, I still came away learning a few new things from this. It's great how he stresses good clean meshes and makes it very easy to understand how to clean them up with they get messy. For the 3D artist at the beginner level, this might prove a little intimidating, but nothing that one couldn't understand with time. All in all, you can't go wrong with a $9 gem.Review by Juatin Miles(Posted on 04/12/2012)

Great Value

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As someone who is relatively new to ZBrush, I found this tutorial to be very helpful. It provided great insight on the process and workflow for creating a character, which is what I needed most.Review by Joe(Posted on 03/12/2012)

Awesome

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Really good info in this pdf. both on general professional workflow and on hard core modelling techniques both traditional poly and Zbrush sculpting, not really for the beginner, but definitely for those wanting to raise there game.

Would highly recommend.Review by moxomule(Posted on 23/11/2012)

Good deal

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Great book! Each technique is well explained (for intermediate to advanced users) and it covers about everything you need to know about character modeling. It would have been even better if it was a video!Review by Francis(Posted on 23/07/2012)

Great experience

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This is my first PDF tutorial and I have to say, I had my doubts about PDF tutorials, but actually its very clear and great for intermediate users of Zbrush. A MUST HAVE for Zbrush users. Review by angel cano(Posted on 11/06/2012)

Illustrious Process

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This tutorial provides an insight into a masterful production workflow. Outlining a mixture of hard surface and organic sculpting techniques provides a good understanding of how to produce quality work. While the book is Zbrush centric, many of the techniques can be adapted for use in other sculpting applications. A great read for the price. Review by Big Egg(Posted on 16/05/2012)

Impressive

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The sculpture in this ebook very impressive for its quality and level of detail. It is beautifully illustrated and I would highly recommend it

Review by Christophe(Posted on 08/05/2012)

Satisfactory tutorial

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A great book for intermediate to advanced users. Not so friendly to new users to zbrush as it doesnt really show why or how to do certain brush strokes only shows the brush uses and the before and after.Review by Christopher(Posted on 08/05/2012)

Great Work

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Nicely organized tutorial. Required knowledge of Zbursh. This is great if you'be gone through 3dTOTAL. EAT3d And Pixologic learning materials and are looking for another angle on workflow. This is the method used in the industry today by big game studios. This would be a 5 star release had some video download link been included. Understand it's an EBOOK. But I don;t see links to any sourec files or videos to study. At any rate you won't find a better way to spend money on learning materials. for $9.99 you can't go wrong.Review by Crom(Posted on 29/11/2010)